# thorns and briers

See how you translated this phrase in [Isaiah 5:6](../05/06.md).

# the once joyful houses

Here the houses are described as joyful because of the joyful people in them. Alternate translation: "your houses where you were once joyful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])

# the city of revelry

"your joyful city." The word "revelry" means celebrating and partying.